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Mickey Rooney smiles in a promotional portrait from around 1955, wearing a maroon and gray striped shirt against a blue background. A Midsummer Night's Dream Boys Town Scene from the 1935 film A Midsummer Night's Dream showing Jean Muir, Olivia de Havilland, and Mickey Rooney in costume among trees and foliage, with a mystical figure in the background. Sepia-toned film still of Freddie Bartholomew and Mickey Rooney sitting on steps beside a bicycle in Little Lord Fauntleroy 1936, both boys appearing thoughtful. Director Norman Taurog, wearing a hat and glasses, sits beside actor Mickey Rooney, who is smiling, on the set of the film Boys Town, with camera equipment visible behind them. Mickey Rooney as Huckleberry Finn sits barefoot against a tree, wearing a straw hat and ragged clothes, holding a pipe in a scene from the 1939 film The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Mickey Rooney sits at a piano smiling up at Judy Garland, who stands beside him in a dress, in a scene from Strike Up the Band (1940). June Preisser holds Mickey Rooney's arm while Judy Garland stands to the right, all in costume, in a scene from Strike Up the Band (1940). Mickey Rooney, wearing a trench coat and fedora, smiles and waves while standing on a hopscotch court aboard a ship.
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Mickey Rooney: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Television Academy Foundation - The Interviews - Mickey Rooney. Sep 26, 2026
Anniversary information added. Sep 19, 2026
Anniversary information added. Apr 02, 2026
Add new Web site: Television Academy Foundation - The Interviews - Mickey Rooney. Oct 29, 2024
Media added. Jun 13, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 23, 2024
Add new Web site: Television Academy Foundation - The Interviews - Mickey Rooney. Jul 25, 2022
Add new Web site: CNN - How Mickey Rooney showed America its heart. Aug 25, 2021
Corrected display issue. Jun 13, 2019
Add new Web site: Hollywood Walk of Fame - Biography of Mickey Rooney. Apr 27, 2017
Add new Web site: The New York Times - Mickey Rooney, master of putting on a show, dies at 93. Mar 21, 2017
Add new Web site: The Guardian - Obituary of Mickey Rooney. Mar 21, 2017
Added photograph. Jul 02, 2015
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Mickey Rooney. Feb 08, 2015
Article revised and updated. Apr 30, 2014
Updated for his death. Apr 07, 2014
Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of Mickey Rooney. Aug 19, 2013
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Biography of Mickey Rooney. Aug 19, 2013
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Mickey Rooney. Jan 10, 2011
Add new Web site: The Official Site of Mickey Rooney. Jan 10, 2011
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Mickey Rooney. Jan 10, 2011
Media added. May 09, 2008
Media added. Dec 21, 2006
Article revised. Nov 10, 2005
New article added. Feb 16, 2001
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